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Whether you have an old-school hi-fi system or just want to add Bluetooth capabilities to your ultra-modern audio setup, 1Mii has you covered with the B08 Bluetooth Receive and Amp. Tech expert Dave Taylor of https://www.AskDaveTaylor.com/ plugged it in to an old speaker (via RCA connector!) and found it works great, notably including support for both AptX and AptX HD. If only the iPhone supported AptX, however. Plug in the 1Mii B08 Bluetooth Receiver and you'll give a new life to any stereo setup. Plug in an Amazon Echo Dot or Google Nest Mini and you'll suddenly love your voice speaker system!
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Add Bluetooth capabilities to any audio system. Let's have a look
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Dave Taylor here, and you know, if you have older speakers or a hi-fi system or any audio system
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it's probably likely that you don't have Bluetooth capabilities. Those are really new for audio systems
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So, you don't want to just leave everything in the dust, right? Enter this. This really cool device is the 1Mee B08 Bluetooth receiver
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And as you can see by the wires, it is powered, and it has a lot of connectors on the back
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You can see in this close-up. There's a lot going on here. So, there's a 3.5mm input, so you can use it as line-in and just use it as an amp with old speakers
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It'll work fine for that, but it's really for Bluetooth, too. We'll come back to the Bluetooth. Let's keep talking about the back
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On the back, for outputs are RCA, coax, optical, and that classic 2 wires per speaker wires
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Now, you're thinking, hmm, there's no 3.5mm audio out. Well, they got you covered with an RCA to 3.5mm adapter, so you're good with that
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Also comes with a line wire, comes with RCA to RCA, which is what I'm using
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and it even comes with an optical wire. So, what's optical for? Often, that's for televisions and for devices that work with TVs
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like your Blu-ray player, things like that. So, probably RCA is what you're going to use, and maybe, more likely, RCA to 3.5mm
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But I have this old-school Cambridge Audio speaker, and this speaker actually works with RCA
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So, I have RCA to RCA, and that looks like this on each end
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You probably remember these, where you get red to red, white to white, and all of that's glorious
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The question is, what does it sound like? So, let's find out
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Okay, so, this is Bluetooth from my phone to the 1My, 1Me, B08 Bluetooth receiver
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and then that via wire to Cambridge Audio. And you're thinking, that sounds pretty good. Let's turn it up
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It gets pretty darn loud, right? And, of course, obviously, the volume control I'm using is right here
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I can also use the controls on my phone, but it's all good
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Now, let me tell you a little bit more about it. So, this works with Bluetooth 5.0, or you can use Line In
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It will do an amp that way. You can use for Line In, for example, something like an Echo Dot or a Google Home, right
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One of those little guys has audio out, so you can hook that up to this
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and then you can have really nice, your whole stereo system can suddenly be enabled for voice control
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Pretty sweet, right? So, it also has aptX and aptX HD, which is great, particularly if you have an Android phone, which has aptX
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The iPhone uses AAC, which is a little weird, because MacBooks and MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs all actually also use aptX
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Can't explain what Apple did there, but even without that, as you heard, it still sounds pretty darn sweet
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It has a lot of range. Because it has this dual antenna, you actually get a 160 feet line of sight, plus or minus, and 60 feet indoors
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which means if you have your phone in your pocket and you have this in the front room where your stereo is
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you can actually go upstairs and use the restroom or whatever, and that music ain't never gonna stop
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It's gonna continue to work just fine. Bluetooth 5.0 is pretty sweet that way
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Now, I already told you about the inputs and outputs. I kind of wish there was a 3.5 millimeter output
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That is something maybe they'll do in the next rev. Not sure where they'd put it, though. There's really no room on the back
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I would suspect that they could lose optical and replace it with 3.5 out, and that would be fine, but who knows
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Now, one thing I will say is it comes with a pretty big power adapter
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Let me go ahead and unplug it. This is a fairly hefty device, given how small the unit is, so that's something to think about
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It is just, I guess, sort of the inevitable consequence of modern electronics
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but it's a bit surprising, given all the modern technologies that are making these smaller
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But be that as it may, dimensions-wise, it is 7.5 by 6 by 3, and it's 1.6 pounds
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It really feels like they forgot to put the circuits inside. It's really light
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There's really nothing you're gonna worry about. You could easily, like, tape this to the side of a device or something
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and really, once you have it turned on, you're never gonna actually need to control it directly
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although I suppose you might want the volume controls, but probably you're gonna get to the setting you want
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and then use your remote device to actually manage it. That's all there is to it
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It works really well. It has a really clean sound. It's easy to work with
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It has a ton of flexibility, in terms of you being able to get those old speakers back online
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and back working with Bluetooth right off your phone or tablet or computer
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How sweet is all that, right? So, only thing left to talk about is the price
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but before we get to the price, let me ask if you can subscribe to my channel
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I'd really appreciate it. It's just one tap away. Oh, and let's just look real quick at the front, too
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So, on the front, there's this glorious old-school on-off toggle switch, and then there's bass and treble and volume
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and there's a slight detente when you're halfway, so it's an easy way to orient
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and so when you have bass or treble, and they don't give you a huge amount of difference
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There's not a lot that you'll tell. In fact, let's bring the music back on and turn the volume up
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and let's see. And now I'm going to turn the bass all the way down
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and the treble all the way up. It's a little brighter, and now let's do the opposite
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Treble all the way down, bass all the way up. That's a little more rumbly
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So, it gives you some level of control. It's not a huge amount. It's not as fancy
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Sorry, I'm yelling. It's not as fancy as a full equalizer, but it is a way for you to fine-tune your sound a little bit
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and that's worth knowing about. So, all right, with all of that in mind
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this is the 1ME B-08 Bluetooth receiver, and it is a very modest $74.99 at Amazon.com
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That's a particularly modest price when you remember that it has aptX HD built into it, which is really nice
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That's going to give you a really rich, full sound. I'm a fan. This is super easy to work with
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It takes old devices like this and gives them a new life
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That's a good thing. So, with that, I'm going to go back to my music, which means that I'll catch you in my next video
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